Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-08


hope TO be before these notes gathered en- route
are printed, pause for a moment to put up my
budget for THE STAR feel as II II would be APP
proprfate to reverse the heartless saying OF the
French monarch and his wife, "After us the de-
luge, TOR it seems to me now as II I were one OF
the survivors Of the food, having spent several
successive rainy days In the country without ray
OF sunshine But rain in the country where there
are grassy lawns, 1elds OF grain and trees, which
only look the fresher for the showers IL tar more
cheerful TO my notion than rain In closely built
up city like New York, where the black sticky mud
In the streets grows the thicker. and the high
rows OF buildings the grimmier under leaden skies
with constant down-pour Of rain like that OF the
latter days OF last week.
BUSINESS AND SENTIMENT.
Some Of those who have already returned to
their city homes have begun entertaining In an In
formal way, and by issuing Invitations Let their
friends who have also come back 20 town know
| that they are tready" qf may use this form 81
Well, II is business with not q few Of tnem-as
for instance. with those New York ladies who en-
them presents Of ' other times than Christmas
versafies who now have what they style 'sentl.
tainment in the city thus early In the season. They
invite friends and acQuRtntances 60 take tea with
somehow make it understood that each guest viii
bring cup and saucer and present it TO the host
ess who provides In the way OF refreshments for
those she has asked to assist her. wear beautiful
tea gowns" and try TO be as charming in every
The cups and saucers the guests bring as pres
ents for tha hostess have bon bonS In the cups
sometimes as contribution toward the refresh
ments. Occasionally a further donation for her
Dene1t Is made as lady guests have been requested
to bring work with them, and have had the fur.
Their suggestion made that the work be a square
for quilt or lambreQuin, or sofa cushion, and OF
course, that Is given to the hostess too. who thus
ffARo ftuN0f hnr- A~0 ffp1o ~
quilt or other useful household article at little or
no expense to herself and thinks II $50 nice that
represents the affection % Tor her manifested by
popularity. That is why It is called '.Sentimen-
tai" though there are wicked matter-offact peo-
which, in the case OF New York aldermen, has
been called 'greed for Doodle" on the part OF the
recipient Of the contributed pieces Of china and
ment OF friendship for herself represented in the
donation OF fancy work and tea things.
lady, who deicateiy intimates to her friends that
she is getting one up, and wishes as pendants for
II gold dollar, or perhaps fve-dellar gold coin
from as many as Will give 1t. with the monogram
OF the doner engraved thereon, and these she has
attached to her narrow gold bracelet. Less ambi-
tious ladies have been known TO content them
selves with small silver coins which they have
limited to friends to give them for silver bracelet.
SO after time IL may come to pass that those who
do not like TO seem to ask anything OF their friends
and who now append to funeral notices mo now
ers," must when they give tea parties announce,
Ho cups ana SaucerS no PATCHWORK
no dollars for bangles no sentiment OF any kind
expected. 1t really comes TO be quite heavy tax
upon people who are disposed to be Obiging In
yielding TO the known wishes Of Others when they
are acquainted with many OF the sentimental"
ladies who want all sentiment for themselves ex-
pressed In some such substantial manner as that
abOye-deScribed.
TWO NEW DANCES.
When talking over their observations at the wa.
terfng places during the summer, ladies mention
| two new dances. Both come under the technical
head Of ground dances" One IS known as "York +"
and is rather step than figure OF dance. This
| Is slide with a slight 'tdlp" and a variation OF
the redOwa step. II may make some OF the youths
who are first TO master It as popular did an
/ girls to mention one Of their beaux .'darln',
| ''darlin, three step" well won't mention his
| name, but It made the rhyme p:rfect-
Another dance, which Is decidedly distinctive is
known as the Kentucky jubilee, and is danced to
| the music OF dancing In the Barn." which is as
| lively and 1nspir1ting as the name would imply.
This is danced by two persons side by side, one Of
| the gentleman's arms rests on the waist OF the
lady, and one OF her hands on his shoulder but the
other hand and arm OF each are free as they skip
| lightly forward in the first steps OF the dance.
About eight steps are taken In this way With each
foot alternately and then they join and revOlve in
the heel-and-toe polka, or SOME other step that
will keep time to the music, at pleasure.
the wedding OF MI. Pedroso or the Spanish lega-
ton, and Miss Camille Berghmanns, the only Child
OF Mrs. LILY Manchester Laughton, Will occur dur
ing the last days OF October at MIR. Laughton's
Dnia ne Of Ser aas
ChaS Manchester, the intimate friend OF the late
| Mr.: Peabody. The wedding is not to be a large
one.
WEDDINGS IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES
Senator Hawley's approaching marriage. which
has been announced, will be the first OF Senator
since the matrimonial epidemic began which had
| affected every other branch OF the Government
since this Administration came In In 1885. The
| ana Lamar dor Secretary Manning was married
not l0lg before the Inauguration OF his chie, one
snd o, 'ne supreme "a e., court Judge
t1veS including Long, Massachusetts,; Ir Daven-
port, New York; Glover, Missouri, ana McMillin,
| Tennessee, has each brought bride to Washing
| ton within TWO and a-haiI years, but most OF the
marriages to which reference Is made have occur
red within eighteen months past. To this list
probably the most notable one OF the kind ia the
history OF any group OF men who were at any one
period connected at the same time In similar
Capacities to those named with our Government
may be added the sons and daughters OF Govern
ment Of1c1als including members OF the Supreme
Court and OF the two Houses OF Congress who have
been married. Among these have been the daugh-
ter OF Justice Miller, OF the Supreme Court; the
son OF Judge Macarthur, OF the supreme Court OF
ae Mer H nhe a Of sae late
Logan's son, Senator Eusis' daughter. Senator
DOlphs daughter, senator Camden's daughter,
daughter, Representative Kandalrs daughter, Rep
resentative Spriggs' daughter.
SOMETHING ABOUT sENAToRs.
Senator Mcpherson, who has been dividing his
time Tor the past three weeks between New York
city and his farm at Belle Mead, New Jersey,
started Saturday TOR western New York with his
wife and daughter. whom he took to visit his aged
mother at Avon Springs, N. T., and lie Will 60 TO
Buffalo and Chicago TO attend to business.
The subcommittee OF the Senate finance commit
tee which during the recess OF Congress has held
meetings In washington, Chicago and New York,
to consider questions as TO undervaluations in
collections OF customs duties, Will hold its 1nal
session in washington In November, when IL Is
expected that all the members Senators Allison,
NORTH, Aldrich, Mcpherson and Beck will be
present. senators Allison and Beck, IT Is believed,
have never missed single one OF the meetings
OF the subcommittee.
NOTES ABOUT wEILrKNOwN PEOPLE
Mra Carried, the widow OF President Garfield,
when in New York in the spring with her daugh-
ter, says one who saw much OF them then, ex-
pressed strong desire to 60 to Europe, and Miss
MOiie was even more anxious to take The trip, but
her mother said she could not leave the elder Mrs.
Garfield, the venerable mother Of the late Presi-
dent. Miss Mollte is mentioned by those who Saw
her in New York as extremely pretty. She Is now
nineteen or twenty years Old.
Young MIR. JAS. Blaine, son and nameSake OF Jas.
G. Blaine. who was married q year ago, Is now
only nineteen years Old, says one OF mis- former
playmates and intimate friends. He u In New
York, and was lately In great tribulatt0n because
Of the loss Of q pet dog, which he has since re-
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